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... consisting of Characters of Eminent Poets , Painters , Divines , Philosophers , Statesmen , Orators , Historians , Novelists , and Critics ; Dissertations on Poetry and the Drama ; Miscellaneous Literature ; Education ; Political ...
... consisting of Characters of Eminent Poets , Painters , Divines , Philosophers , Statesmen , Orators , Historians , Novelists , and Critics ; Dissertations on Poetry and the Drama ; Miscellaneous Literature ; Education ; Political ...
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... consisting of 23 Coloured Maps , from a New Set of Plates , corrected to 1835 , with an Index of all the Names . 8vo . 128. hf - bd . ATLAS of ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY , consisting of 22 Coloured Maps , with a complete accentuated Index . 8vo ...
... consisting of 23 Coloured Maps , from a New Set of Plates , corrected to 1835 , with an Index of all the Names . 8vo . 128. hf - bd . ATLAS of ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY , consisting of 22 Coloured Maps , with a complete accentuated Index . 8vo ...
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... consist of a membranous transparent tissue , chemi- cally composed of a hygrometrical combination of oxygen , hy- drogen , and carbon , to which nitrogen is occasionally superadded . They are also found to contain many mineral ...
... consist of a membranous transparent tissue , chemi- cally composed of a hygrometrical combination of oxygen , hy- drogen , and carbon , to which nitrogen is occasionally superadded . They are also found to contain many mineral ...
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... consisting of short truncated cylinders placed end to end , and forming con- tinuous tubes , in consequence of the ... consists of elongated tubes tapering to each end , and , like the vesicles of cellular tissue , imperforate to the ...
... consisting of short truncated cylinders placed end to end , and forming con- tinuous tubes , in consequence of the ... consists of elongated tubes tapering to each end , and , like the vesicles of cellular tissue , imperforate to the ...
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... consists of very thin- sided cylinders tapering to each end , and having a spiral fibre generated in their inside . 23. a . Of this spiral vessels ( Vasa spiralia , Lat .; Spiralgefässe , Germ . ) are the type . Their fibre is of a ...
... consists of very thin- sided cylinders tapering to each end , and having a spiral fibre generated in their inside . 23. a . Of this spiral vessels ( Vasa spiralia , Lat .; Spiralgefässe , Germ . ) are the type . Their fibre is of a ...
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3d Edit abortive absent Acrid Acrogens affinities albumen Alliance Anthers apex Apocarpous Aromatic arranged Astringent axils axis bark base botanists Botany bracts buds called calyx carpels Carpels solitary cells cellular tissue characters cloth coloured concentric layers connected consists corolla cotyledons dehiscence developed Dicotyledonous dissepiments Ditto elongation embryo Endogens Engravings Epigynosæ epigynous Estivation Exogenous plants Fcap floral envelopes flower-buds Flowers unisexual formed Fruit eatable genera germination Gymnospermæ hilum HISTORY hypogynous imbricated indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument involucre lamina latter leaf leaf-buds leaves Maps margins medullary system membranous MEMOIRS Menispermaceæ modifications monopetalous natural nucleus one-celled operculum organs ovary ovule oxygen parietal pedicel peduncle pericarp petals petiole pistil pith Pittosporales placenta Plates Polyandrous polypetalous radicle Rhizantheæ root Seeds sepals separate sometimes spiral vessels Stamens Stamens distinct stem stigma stipules stomates style SUBCLASS succulent sup.-roy Syncarpous Thecæ tonic Tubiferosæ vascular vascular tissue veins vesicles Vols whorl wood woody tissue
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